What were some reasons for the growth of the cattle drives?
What is cattle needed to be taken on trails to the nearest railheads in order to be sold. Therefore, cattle drives were essential in order for the cattle to be sold.
100
What were the two places immigrants had to pass through before they could become US citizens?
What is Angel and Ellis Island.
100
What is a muckraker?
What is someone who tells the unpleasant truths of a situation.
200
an organization of workers that tries to improve pay and working conditions for its members
What is a labor union
200
voting age changes from 21 to 18
What is the 26th
200
What is name of the famous cattle trail used during the cattle drives?
What is the Chisholm Trail.
200
Why did Americans want immigration to end?
What is they didn't want immigrants to take all of the available jobs.
200
Who was Upton Sinclair and why was he important?
What is he was an author who wrote a book about the poor conditions in the factory pertaining to food. He discussed in his book that food was not being produced in sanitary conditions.
300
occurs when more than one business tries to sell the same goods or service
What is competition
300
Voting rights for men of all color and race
What is the 15th
300
Why did cattle drives disappear?
What is the invention of barbed wire.
300
Where did many immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s live?
What is tenements
300
Why did cities grow between 1860 and 1910?
What is new farm machines took away people jobs in rural communities.
400
a poorly built apartment
What is a tenement
400
Presidential Electoral Votes for Washington D.C.
What is the 23rd
400
twisted wire with a sharp barb, or point, every few inches
What is barbed wire
400
Describe working conditions for an immigrant.
What is they worked long hours for little pay
400
What did women fight for?
What is the right to vote (19th amend)
500
the amount of something people want to sell at certain prices
What is supply
500
Election of Senators
What is the 17th
500
Why did Texas have so many longhorn cattle?
What is they were brought in from Mexico.
500
Describe the living conditions for immigrants.
What is they lived in slums or tenements with no running water or windows. Often families lived in one small room.
500
What was the Battle of Little Bighorn?
What is a battle over the land where Colonel Custer was defeated by Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse.